#chickenpox

[rajaramshomeohospital]

[lizzieloveslemons]

it's is 2026 and someone from my school got chickenpox

it's is 2026 and someone from my school got CHICKENPOX

it's grad party season and now I'm going to be paranoid of every itchy feeling I have for the next month

thanks anti-vaccine people, thanks

btw I really don't get why people who ask for (usually religious) exemptions are allowed to go to endanger the rest of us. yes I am just trying to get an education and you are trying to prevent me from doing that

(also screw RFK Jr. and Trump for their stupid idiotic idea to try to sicken, if not kill, a bunch of children)

[haridiva]

Cacar Air: Bukan Sekadar Ruam Biasa yang Harus Dianggap Sepele

Kenapa Cacar Air Masih Relevan Dibahas? Cacar air. Hampir setiap orang pernah mendengar nama penyakit ini, bahkan banyak yang pernah mengalaminya sendiri di masa kecil. Kita terbiasa menganggapnya sebagai penyakit anak yang biasa — gatal beberapa hari, lalu sembuh sendiri, dan selesai. Namun, pandangan itu tidak sepenuhnya benar. Pada akhir Oktober 2024, Kementerian Kesehatan Republik Indonesia…

Cacar Air: Bukan Sekadar Ruam Biasa yang Harus Dianggap Sepele

[marchenshoujo]

Chicken pox is viral, not a bacterial illness! The pathogen responsible is Varicella zoster, same virus stays inactive in your nervous system and decades later can reactivate as shingles (a burning rash on one side of the body, because it affects dermatomes.)

I diagnosed it the very first time I encountered it just by patient history and his description of it, he insisted on showing it to me, though, and it was indeed shingles and I showed him pictures of more cases from Google images to reassure him. It's very characteristic!

He was an older gentleman and he did have chickenpox in his youth, called عنقز in Arabic. In my generation, I only ever saw a kid with it once (the parents sent the little girl to school while having it?! ... she should have been resting at home! ... most of us kids were vaccinated, but still.)

I used to be confused by the kid's shows from the States treating chickenpox as a common childhood ailment with episodes dedicaed to it, when I had only ever seen it once in real life back then, so I used to wonder why they weren't vaccinating kids against it, BUT today I learned... "The United States was the first country to start universally vaccinating children against varicella in 1995."

I'm older than the chickenpox vaccine. That's why so many 90's kids shows featured it!

[vaalgaendrum]

Shingles (Herpes Zoster) treatment guidelines https://dearkish.blogspot.com/2026/02/shingles-herpes-zoster-treatment.html Shingles is not contagious. But the virus that causes chickenpox, varicella-zoster, can spread through shingles blister fluid.

Shingles (Herpes Zoster) treatment guidelines

[bedu9]

What are the symptoms of shingles and how is it related to chickenpox? – UK Department of Health and Security

Shingles, medically known as shingles, is an infection that causes a painful rash. It is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox (chickenpox). Once a person has recovered from chickenpox, the virus may remain dormant in the body and later reactivate, manifesting as shingles due to age or immunosuppression. People who have ever had chickenpox are at risk of getting shingles later in…

What are the symptoms of shingles and how is it related to chickenpox? – UK Department of Health and Security

[frimleyblogger]

The “Contagious Distemper” of Hirta - 1727

As we saw last time, a “contagious distemper”, thought to have been smallpox, wiped out all but four adults of the population on the island of Hirta on the St Kilda archipelago and left three men and eight boys marooned on Stac an Armin for nine months. But was it smallpox? In 1727 smallpox was not well understood. It was not until 1767 that the Cambridge physician, William Heberden,…

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[kitty11chan]

Ugh, so last Tuesday I felt a twinge in my left shoulder when I was finishing swimming laps. It went away so I didn't think much of it. The next day, it feels kind of like a muscle cramp. Throughout the day & night it gets worse & worse until I broke down & walked down to the ER as soon as it got light out Thursday.

Four hours & some x-rays that didn't show anything later, the doctor concludes it probably muscular & gives me prescriptions for cyclobenzoprine & prednisone.

I walk over to the pharmacy next door & hand over the scripts. Five minutes later, the pharmacist tells me they don't take my insurance, so I take my scripts back & walk two or so blocks to the next pharmacy. Thankfully they do take my insurance & about 15 minutes later I Uber myself home.

Fast forward to Saturday night, I'm at my parents' house as usual. My shoulder still hurts & in the wee hours I notice some sort of rash on my left breast.

Uh oh.

Some creative work involving my phone & the bathroom mirror confirms my fear; my left back & under my arm also has The Rash.

Now, at this point I'm pretty sure what it is & that I'm fucked, but I still Google some things & pray that it's simply from the prednisone or something. No dice.

I text Mom to come look at it when she wakes up & when she does she immediately says what I feared she would say. "That's shingles."

Motherfucking shingles.

So we wait about half an hour & drive over to the local urgent care right as it opens & are the first to sign in. We are quickly processed & see the doctor. "Yep, that's definitely shingles."

Fuck.

So, he prescribes the valacyclovir & we head back.

The rest of the day is trying various painkillers to see what works, looking up how to care for this horror show, texting my brother's family whether or not the kids have been vaccinated because we're all going to Myrtle Beach next week, & texting my roommates to find out if anyone there has a problem.

Now, the three roommates around my age all chime in that they've had chickenpox. The problem is the younger three. MK says KM is clueless about her vaccination records, which tracks because her parents were shit, & JC says she can't be sure about IB & RB's records at that time but since their pediatrician wasn't an idiot she was pretty sure they were good.

They of course then ask why & I reply, "guess who got shingles?"

Needless to say, the house chat is promptly full of swearing.

It is at this point that RB, JC's 18-year-old son, has a question. "What's chickenpox?"

.....

Your generation is soooo lucky you don't automatically know this.

For those of you too young to know, chickenpox, or herpes zoster, is a childhood disease that manifests in very itchy bumps all over your body. After you've had it, the virus lies dormant in your body.

Shingles is the very painful result when the virus decides it's time for round 2. If you have had the chickenpox vaccine instead of actually having chickenpox, you will generally not have to worry about this. There is a two-dose vaccine called Shingrix that is very effective, but insurances generally won't pay until you're around 55, & it's like $200 each shot. I deeply regret not dropping the $400 to do it, because I worked in pharmacy for several years & on multiple occasions I contemplated just doing it.

Now I must suffer.

Thankfully everyone has been very understanding about this & JC has been helping me clean & treat the area (with what little treatment there is).

Just remember, folks, vaccinations are really important!